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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-02-03

In announcing the fact of Lord Ran
dolph Chmchills resignation from the
British Cabinet, few days ago, The
Times of London was the only paper
that had the news. and the Sheffield
(Eng.) Independents Londol Cores
pondent tells the following story of the
scoop
Lord Randolph Churchill drove into
Printing House square shortly after l l
O'Clock on Wednesday night, and asked
to see the editor. He was lodged with
him for nearly an hour, at the end of
which time, 10, as Mr.. Black says in
his novels, strange thing happened.
As soon as Lord Randolph had been
seen of the premises an order was is
sued to lock every door. back and front,
and take the keys to the editors room.
Dispatches, as they arrived through the
night, were taken in ut window in the
courtyard. Not a soul from the edit
or's room to the companionship of the
printer devil was permitted to leave
the premises on any preteXt whatever
For some hours mystery and cOnsterna
ton brooded over the establishment.
The secret was till o'clock in the
morning locked in the breasts of the
editor and two Underwriters The
paragraph announcing the resignation,
and the articles commenting thereon.
were written and held back to the last
moment. But even then, the hour be-
ing one ut which other papers had gone
to press, the doors were still locked.
and it was not till the paper had gone to
press that the doors were unlocked.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-02-03
New York Marriages.

OF brides and grooms in New York
city for 1886. the New York Sun says:
In 1856 1926 marriages were register
ed in this city, against il,71G, in 1885.
Two grooms and six brides were born
at sea; 7,425 grooms and only 5000
brides were foreign born. The Amcri-
can girls got the odd 100 foreign hus-
bands OF bridegrooms, 2O9 were col
orcd and brides POO Nine negroes
married white women. Eight china
men and one Japanese also took eau
casian brides
Widowers had better luck than wild
ows OF widowers, $50, and of wild
ows l.245 remarked The men were
ahead on third marriages by a score of
80 grooms to SO brides, and one man
was married for the fourth time, and one
for the fifth time. with no women to
dispute the record.
As to the ages of matrimony. these are
the figures. nader 20, brides 1864,
grooms 21j; 20 to 80 brides 7,449.
grooms 1855; 80 to 40, brides, 1926,
grooms, 2,610; 40 to 80. brides 36i,
grooms, 1872; 80 to 50, brides "a.
grooms 100; 55 to 60, brides, IA,
.rooms 1O1; The brides now almost
disappear from the record. While
there were AZ grooms between sixty
and sixty-fve, there were six
brides; and but half between sixty
seven and seventy, although there
were q grooms. Only one bride
owned up to being over seventy.
There were eight grooms between
seventy and eighty, and two grooms
confessed to being between eighty and
ninety.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-02-03
Turkish Slaves.

According TO aletter from Alexandria
a Turkish slave-ship was captured the
other day by an English vessel, and the
slaves it contained, consisting of seven
tv women and ten men, were liberated.
The men volunteered into the Egyptian
army, but it was more difficult to dis
pose of the women, as they have no no
ton of liberty, and, if left to themselves
would probably have been drafted,
without any resistance, into some Mus
sulman's harem.
Under the treaty concluded between
the English Government and the Khe-
dive the importation and the eXporta-
ton Of slaves are forbidden; but the de-
tention of slaves in the country is per-
mittcd for about six years longer in
Egypt, and eleven years in the SOudan.
Several officers, accordingly, came to
the Pasha of the district with offers to
| buy some of the female slaves. but the
Pasha declared he would not part with
them unless they got married.
lie then announced that any soldier
or civilian wishing to marry one of the
slaves would have to pay six thalers for
| her dowrv, but that the women would
be allowed to choose their husbands
from among those who should present
themselves for the purpose. A great
number of men, chiefly soldiers, as
sembled on the day appointed for the
selection. The women were so shy
that they "huddled together like a
hcck of sheep and could not be in
duced to move.
I At last one of them taking courage,
advanced slowly TO a black Egyptian
1 Sergeant, who was anything but
youD. and handsome, and put her
hand on his shoulder as a sign that he
was the man she wished to marry.
Her example was Immediately followed
/ by the other women. who rushed for
ward to choose their husbands as if
( they feared TO be too late.
| TWAS now the mems turn to say
whether they accepted the selection.
/ All were satisfied but five. and even
/ the five women who were consequent
I " obliged to choose again were ulti-
mately provided with husbands,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-02-03
A Woman Did 1t.

A rather laughable story is that
anent the origin of blue-tinted paper,
once so much in vogue for commercial
uses. The wife of an English paper
manufacturer named William East,
going into the factory on the domestic
wash-day with an old-fashioned bluing-
bag in her hand, accidentally let the
bag and its contents fall into vat full
of pulp. She thought nothing of the
incident, and said nothing about it
either to her husband or his workmen.
Great was the establishment of the
latter when the paper turned out a
peculiar blue color. while the master
was wroth at what he regarded as
gross carelesness on the part of some
of the hands. His wife-wise woman
kept her own counsel. The lot of
paper was regarded as unstable, and
was stored for four years. At length
East consigned it to his London cores
pOndent with instructions 10 sell il for
what it would bring. The unlucky
parcr was accepted as happily
designed novelty, and was disposed Of
in open market at "A considerable
advance in price, Judge of Mr.. East ;
surprise when he received from his
agent an order for a large invoice of
the despised blue paper! Here was
a pretty dilema; he was totally ignorant
of the manner in which the paper had
become /. blue in color. and II his
perplexity mentioned the matter to his
wife. She promptly enlightened her
lord; he in turn kept the simple process
secret, and was for years the mono
polist of the blue commercial paper
manufacture.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-02-03
Beef Tea aud Soups for the Sick.

II the ratiOns of beef tea have not dis
guSted the invalid with the very thought
of soup. any good broth may be given,
and the vegetable soups make a pleas
ant change in summer. ArtichOke, or
asparagus soup. is a dainty dish, and
cream of celery might have been the
original ambrosia- To make it, take
bunch Of celery and prepare as for the
table. put il into sufficient sailed boil
ing water to cover it aud boil until It is
tender enough to be rubbed through n
sieve. Melt together one tablespoonful
of butter and one of flour in bowl set
in boiling water, or on top of the boil
ing teaketJle, and add gradually pint
and q half of hot milR; season with
salt, little red pepper and nutmeg. if
they are liked; put in the celery and
half pint of cream. let it come TO the
boil and serve. Half the quantity NAV
be made if desired. as this is sufficient
for twice. Pastry should be sternly
banished from the invalid's tray. Ma
ture has quite enough TO DO to recruit
her shattered forces without being call
ed upon to assimilate pie. There are
numerous light and delicate CONNECTIONS
that can be substituted for it. Dishes
of the blanc-mauge and custard family.
Charlotte Russ. the many creams
Spanish, Bavarian, Swiss, etc, may all
be used in its place to the great adj
vantage of the patient ANY good
cookery book furnishes recipes for hese
dishes and many admirable ones have
been given to the readers Of Good
Housekeeping. so it is not necessary to
occupy space in repeating them. Eggs
lightly boiled, or lightly poached and
served on toast. are better for breakfast
than meat. Some delicate farinaceous
preparation may be added as hominy,
cracked wheat, macarOni stewed in
milk. or boiled oatmeal. Fresh fruit
should always be served at breakfast.
remembering the old adage, ''Fruit IS
gold in the morning. silver at noon and
lead at night" The golden rule to be
borne III mind in feeding conyalescents
is TO proceed cautiously with new arti-
Giles OF diet. giving a little at first aud if
il produces no i'll effect increasing the
quantlty.-Elt5aJeth Robinson ScOUi},
"a Good HOISeEeeBiRg
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-02-03
George Gould.

George Gould is the latest instance
of his fathers foresight. His first ex-
perience in business convinced every
one else that be was not cut out But
jaw Gould has picked him out as his
manager. Young Gould has now
settled down to make himself stoOp-
shouldered signing checks and indors-
ing stocks and bonds. lie has been
made vice-president of a number of
corporations By his father to relieve the
latter of that task. When he thought
of taking a bride the first marked
change came over him. Even his father
did not know what developed the young
mans business capacity so suddenly.
Cupid had winged him. and he was inn
pressed with the gravity OF life. He was
married in a business suit, and his
wedding trip was in common coach
from Irvington to New York. The
Young man is daily at his fathers Of
fee. He takes his coat off and works
in his shirt sleeves. like clerk who has
plenty to do and wants TO be unre-
strained in doing it. He reaches his
office in the Western Union building by
9 or $50, and often stays right up to 6
o'clock. Tie pores over the accounts of
railroads TO see that they are right be
fore payments are made, and looks
after details that put him in the way
OF knowing exactly what everybody
connected with the property is doing.
Now and then, on bright afternoon,
he manages TO get away from business
to take his wife for drive. His spare
time il passed entirely in her society.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-02-03
Conversion of the jews.

London Truth: In the report for 1886
of the parish Of st. Marys, Whitechap-
ell, the cost of a Jewish mission is set
down at eI72 9s Cd, of which f155 is
obtained from the Society for Promoting
Christianity among the Jews. ! tern TO
the report to see results | find the fol-
lowing: Several Jews have been bap-
who first heard the Gospel preached in
eur hall. We cannot baptize, as we have
no means to place inquirers under
Christian influence and in trades
among Christians; but goodly number
of Jews constantly hearing and reading
that missionaries pay for conversions
come with strange proposals. Some
of the poor, benighted people
offer themselves as candidates for bap-
tism for consideration Of varying
sums" BY this | gather that the mis-
sion has produced no conversions, and
that sol far as ii can gather, the converted
ones are only baptized elsewhere if sit
uations can be found for them. | am
curious on this point because Their Is a
controversy perpetualy going on a. to
whether Jews ever are converted to
Christianity Except for considera-
tiOn)
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-02-03
What BOYS and Girl. Read.

That which the working class lads
read is generally Of the lowest and
most vicious character; that which their
sisters read IS In no way superior. The
boy takes IN the penny dreadful; the
gIrl secures the penny novelette,, which
Is equally deserving of the adjective.
Because the influence Of these love and
murder connections among giris is not
so apparent 10 the public eve as the in
huence Of the burglar and bushranging
fiction among BOYS. il must not be sup
posed that that influence is less real. Ii
is. IN fact. in many WAYS not only more
real. but more painful. BOYS may be
driven 10 sea or 10 break into houses by
the stories they read; their actions are at
once recorded in tine columns of the
daily papers. With girls the injury il
more invidious and subtle. 1t is almost
exclusively domestic. We 10 not often
see an account Of girl committing any
very serious fault through her reading.
But let US 90 into the houses Of the
poor and try TO discover what is the
effect on the maiden mind of the trash
which maidens buy. If we were to
trace the matter 10 its source we should
probably find that the high-iiown con-
eeits and pretentiOns Of the poorer girls
of the period, their dislike Of manual
work and love Of freedom. spring
I largely from notions imbibed in the
course of a perusal of their penny
/ fictiOns. Their conduct toward their
friends. their parents. their husbands.
and their employers is colored by what
they then gather. They obtain distort-
ell views of life, and the bad influence of
these works on themselves is handed
down TO their children and scattered
broadcast throughout the family. There
is hardly a magazine read by them
which it would not be moral benefit
to have swept of the face of the earth.
Ii would be well for philanthrophists TO
bear this fact in mind. There is a wide
and splendid field for the display of a
humanizing and elevating literature
among girls. Such a literature should
not be beyond our reach. Girls can
hardly be much blamed for reading the
hideOus nonsense they do, when so little
that = interesting and stirring in plot.
and bright ana suggestive in character,
is to be had.-Ihe NiReteeHth Ceat,1Ty.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-02-03

The Rev. DIR. Patterson relates an in
cident Of his pulpit experience. which,
perhaps, goes 10 show that preachers are
not ALWAYS intent upon the sermons
they are delivering. He was preaching
a very earnest discourse and WAS carry
ing his congregation with him. when an
English pug dog crossed the line Of his
vision The dog attracted the atten-
ton Of no one i'm the auditorium. and
there WAS no reason why it should have
attracted the attention Of the preacher,
but the thought came 10 him that the
dog had its tail curled about u tight rs
circumstances would permit Then
came the question if the tail was curled
once more what would happen. Would
IL not be possible to curl the tail -
tight n To lift the hinder parts of the
dog and start him walking on his fore
feet with his tail in the air? All the
time he had been going on with his
sermon. but when this old conceit Of
giving the dog tail an extra curl came
over him he burst into a hoarSe laugh.
Il he interruption came not only in
the middle of a proposition. but in the
middle Of sentence. Tie broke of
without ceremony into laugh that
startled himself quite aS much a the
congregation. Once started he found
it very difficult 10 stop. and although
he used his handkerchief and made 4
pretence of having a parOxysm Of
coughing stiIi he laughed until the
tears came Even when he started
again on his sermon he found great
difficulty in getting away from the idea
of that dogs tail. aud several times his
voice tYembled and he had to shake
himself Is one in a dream.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-02-03

those of the front hall. which reioiced
| in the possession of a hat-stand. an UNI
brella-stand, and one pair of old owe
shoes
| Mr. Tilden' spersonal wardrobe is re-
corded in items, and it makes an in
teresting catalogue. The aged states
man was the proud possessor of % pairs
of bifurcated undergarments and a
solitary pair of suspenders. which the
catalogue describes as old. He owned
81 linen handker, hiefs and l of silk
The catalogue mentions q pairs of silk
| stockings, pairs Of wooden, and pair
of "old' socks Mr. 1ilden believed in
keeping warm. lie owned 3 overcoats
-3 for autumn and , for winter-and
and "A linen buster in ease of emergency
/ lie had undershirts. $ linen shirts,
and | lovely flannel shirt The last
was probably used for catching. Mr.
Tilden possessed hats of the breed.
commonly described rs 'dicers" One
was fair and one was dark; both We're
| tall. and neither was young. Mr.. Til
den had 5 shoes, of which was alone
| in the world and had fallen into a con
| dition of innocuous desuetude He all
so had ! pair of canvas waterproof
| boots.
In outer clothing Mr.. Tilden's taste
was not unlise his tas,, IN undorgar-
ments. He had twice as many pairs
of trousers as coats and vests, He had
two coats and two vests. They and
the trousers were ali black He had
one coat of nankeen, two suitr of han-
mel, and one pair of old dun-colered
flannel trousers. Mr.. Tildel owned
fourteen black neckties, but only three
linen collars and box of paper collars
TO put them around. There are also
among his effects an ivory-backed hair
brush, an ivory comb, hand mirror,
an old razor and waming-pan.- Nel0
| York Times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-02-03
Five Years without a Skull.

A man who lived without a skull for
nearly five years died recently at Harris
vile. Ala, from the effects of fall from
n train. Nearly five years ago T. p.
Woodall was found lying in a tit before
an open hearth, his head amid the hot
embers of an expiring fire. When rescu-
ed nearly the entire top OF his head
down to his eyes had been burned to a
crisp. and death seemed inevitable tie
was carefully cared for, however, and
as a last resort the surgeons removed
the entire skull as low down as tine
sockets of the eye. and equally as far in
the rear An artificial covering was
placed over the brain TO protect it from
exposure. and in few weeks a thin
film formed over it, and. strange 10 say.
the man lived and retained all his facul-
ties. The membrane never hardened,
and up to the hour Of his death, which
resulted from causes not remotely af-
fected by the absence of a skull, the
commissions of the brain could be easily
discerned and its throbbings clearly
seen.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-02-03
Fashion spray,

The long sealskin dolman seems to
be gradually taking the place of the
half-long cloaks so long worn.
Corduroy is very stylish for street
costumes, but its heavy appearance
renders it unsuitable for house wear.
The Gainsborough hat is once more
popular. il is altogether too artistic in
effect to remain long in obscurity.
Large balls of wood showing the
grain. stained, polished and mounted
on silver or steel eyes, are novelty in
dress buttons.
The circular cloak is once more IA
vored by English ladies. Neutral tint
ed cloths are used these garments
with bright colored Innings.
Long cloaks for little girls have fiat
plaits in the back. and yoke and hood.
The cloak is shirred into the yoke,
making it very warm and comfortable.
but not graceful.
Gray squirrel fur Is used in bands
for trimming velvet and cloth costumes.
II is very dressy and comparatively in
expensive.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-02-03

Washington Letter: A thing that re
joiees young men more than the down
fall of the theatre hat is the progress of
fashion lnaugurated three Years Sgo
by Miss West, eldest daughter of the
Bristish Minister, In a society includ-
ing so many young men of slender
means Miss West thought it unjustiti-
able for girls 10 expect and accept cost
" bouquets from their partners in the
german. To each man asking her to
dance german with him she frankly
said: Il never carry any flowers, so
YOU must not send Inc bouquet |
cannot accept il" For three winters
and now for a fourth Miss Vest has
gone 10 balls without 81 bouquet She
is one of the most beautiful young wo-
men here, popular in all society.
and a reigning young belle for the
whole diplomatic corps, and her popu-
lality with the Young attaches, Lieu
tenants, aud ensigns is unbOunded.
Her two younger sisters carried bou-
quets the nights Of the balls with their
father introduced them to society. but
never after their debut. These three
English girls, Miss Matte Mitchell and
few Others are now conspicuous at all
balls and germans by not being cum
bered with one Of the huge, heavy
bouquets that other girls carry. The
big bouquets in some cases have been
a great drain on the girls pin money,
as they ali like to keep up appearances
and carry bushel of flowers TO out
shine the rival with only one modest
armful of roses. One i'll tempered
young miss, who was holding a heavy
bouquet of carnations. called to "A rival
one night: Where'd You buy your
flowers, Jennie?" Shaking up bunch
of roses rs large as wheat-sheaf, the
rival calmly said AT the same place
where YOU got yours. The man told
me how yoG tried to beat him down
and thought 30 cents, a dozen too much
for carnations.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-02-03

Many diseases, especially those of the ner-
vous system, are the products Of daily
renewed mental exhaustion. Business
avocations often involve an amount of
mental wear and tear very prejudicial to
physical health, and the professions, if
arduously pursued, are no less destructive
TO brain and nerve tissue. 1t is one of the
most important attributes of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, that it compensates for
this undue loss of tissue, and that it imparts
new energy 10 the brain and nerves The
rapidity with which it renews weakened
mental energy snd physical vitality is re-
markable, and shows that It's invigOratlng
properties arc of the highest order. Besides
increasing vital stamina, and cOunteracting
the effects of mental exhaustion, this
potential medicine cures and prevents fever
and ague, rheumatism, chronic dyspepsia
and constipation. kidney and uterine weak
ness and other complaints. Physicians also
commend it as medicated stimulant and
remedy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-02-03
FOR THE BENEFIT OF srock GROWERS.

The great mistake made by many who invest
in improved breeds for the first tine is In sup
posing that 10 greater care need be taken OF
such animsls than with those which too often
only get the warm eide OF a straw-stsck in win
ter. Ia improved breeds you seek and get early
maturity aud aptitude TO fatten. To enable
this to be accomplished, ample feeding and
shelter murt be provided. The farmer who de-
mics good shelter snd ample food TO any farm
stock il always on the losing side. The better
the breed the better the shelter and food re-
qaIrcd. They have been bred for generations
20 comfort and fun breeding from birth to the
butchers block. Their powers Of feeding have
hren improved. II this fO8d is denied they
-ufer more severely than animals Injured 70
hErlshig FOR generations. and which are required
To grow for five six years To produce the
WeightLnf better-breed animal AT two years.
Thiss ali there j. 10 the question. II pays better
20 shelter and feed fully from birth any animal,
however Inferior his breeding, than TO allow it to
lose in winter half 10 three-quarters the weight
gained IN summer.
But because you have learned that there IT.
money ia the superior breedr. II il not there
fore. necessary that you select the hghest-priced
sires Tor breeding grades. Select 4 good. stanch.
smooth, Heaty hull, bat one Of pure blood.
NCu msy bug one good enough for from o. a.
$500. according 10 the breed you choose. Aud
these ~ res Of grades. viii We fully az e I'd
satisfaction AZ animal whose price IuEs into
the thousands.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-02-03

Cleveland Leader If it were Miss
Van Zandt that stood in the shadow OF
the gallowN poor, branded n murderess,
and loathed by good citizens, while
August Spies had bright prospects, a
pleasant home, prospective fortune
and far social position 10 lose. doe,
anybody believe that he would marry
her9 This would-be martyr, this hero
of liberty, and self-saerificing lover oil
his kind is the man who used TO beg
for railroad passes from men whom he
denounced a fit only for death. and
the coward that melted the attack on
the Mccormick reaper works and then
sneaked back to the heart Of the city
before the fighting began. He is a self
ish knaye.